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Galliford Try (GFRD) Competitors

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GBX 434.22 -4.28 (-0.97%)
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GFRD vs. HILS, KLR, KIE, RNWH, KINO, COST, PTSG, SFR, CTO, and BILN

Should you be buying Galliford Try stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Galliford Try include Hill & Smith (HILS), Keller Group (KLR), Kier Group (KIE), Renew (RNWH), Kinovo (KINO), Costain Group (COST), Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG), Severfield (SFR), TClarke (CTO), and Billington (BILN). These companies are all part of the "engineering & construction" industry.

Galliford Try vs. Its Competitors

Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) and Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Hill & Smith has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Galliford Try's net margin of 2.04%. Galliford Try's return on equity of 32.22% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hill & Smith9.23% 17.39% 10.01%
Galliford Try 2.04%32.22%2.22%

In the previous week, Hill & Smith and Hill & Smith both had 1 articles in the media. Hill & Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.75 equaled Galliford Try'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hill & Smith
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Galliford Try
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Galliford Try pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Hill & Smith pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Galliford Try pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Galliford Try is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Hill & Smith has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Galliford Try. Galliford Try is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hill & Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hill & Smith£834.58M1.93£77.07M£95.1321.00
Galliford Try£1.69B0.25£34.53M£34.4612.60

Hill & Smith presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,500, indicating a potential upside of 25.13%. Galliford Try has a consensus target price of GBX 510, indicating a potential upside of 17.45%. Given Hill & Smith's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Galliford Try.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hill & Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Galliford Try
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galliford Try has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

78.9% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Galliford Try shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Galliford Try shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hill & Smith beats Galliford Try on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GFRD vs. The Competition

MetricGalliford TryEngineering & Construction IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£430.63M£2.73B£7.58B£3.07B
Dividend Yield4.10%3.02%4.57%5.03%
P/E Ratio12.6032.8124.96166.65
Price / Sales0.2572.0097.80315,722.17
Price / Cash0.7814.6128.0727.96
Price / Book3.692.884.284.50
Net Income£34.53M£82.90M£797.27M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.06%0.16%0.98%1.35%
1 Month Performance3.39%2.27%1.85%3.69%
1 Year Performance46.70%55.35%33.58%56.84%

Galliford Try Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GFRD
Galliford Try
3.2499 of 5 stars
GBX 434.23
-1.0%
GBX 510
+17.5%
+45.7%£430.63M£1.69B12.603,922
HILS
Hill & Smith
1.9546 of 5 stars
GBX 2,000
-1.2%
GBX 2,500
+25.0%
-6.9%£1.61B£834.58M21.024,336
KLR
Keller Group
3.4172 of 5 stars
GBX 1,352
-0.9%
GBX 1,780
+31.7%
-16.0%£985.23M£3.01B7.829,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
KIE
Kier Group
1.7648 of 5 stars
GBX 204.50
-0.7%
GBX 210
+2.7%
+37.7%£880.29M£3.92B20.5910,286
RNWH
Renew
N/AGBX 831
-1.1%
N/A-21.7%£668.97M£1.10B13.904,361Dividend Increase
KINO
Kinovo
N/AGBX 1,095
flat
GBX 95
-91.3%
+1,412.4%£662.52M£64.75M-1,077.58203
COST
Costain Group
0.9758 of 5 stars
GBX 167.40
+1.1%
GBX 105
-37.3%
+99.8%£448.38M£1.28B14.943,270Gap Up
PTSG
Premier Technical Services Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.16M£69.10M75.00850
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 33.30
+4.1%
N/A-60.5%£97.24M£444.13M6.341,900Dividend Cut
Gap Up
CTO
TClarke
N/AN/AN/AN/A£84.08M£491M1,135.7130
BILN
Billington
N/AGBX 366
-1.1%
N/A-26.3%£46.04M£132.72M4.40463

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